Master of Arts in 44

Dr. James Stitt Professor of History Graduate Program Director, History 336.841.9292 [email protected]

The program for the Master of Arts in History teaches students methods of historical research, analysis, and writing that enable them to achieve the most rigorous academic standards in their work. For students intending to teach, work in public history, prepare for a doctoral program, or pursue academic inquiry for its own sake, the program offers exposure to the latest historiographical debates and the classic texts of historical writing as well as opportunities to investigate a wide array of primary source material.

Degree: Master of Arts

Admission Terms: Fall (August); Spring (January); Summer (June)

Deadline for Application Materials: All application materials must be received or postmarked by the following deadlines: July 15, 2012 for Fall, November 15, 2012 for Spring, and March 31, 2013 for Summer.

Application Requirements: Applicants must have a four-year bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college and an acceptable GPA (3.0 or higher on a 4-point scale). An admission decision takes into consideration the applicant’s GPA, completed course work, GRE scores, professional work experience, personal and professional goals for the degree, as well as the information provided by references.

“The coursework pushes me to the limits of my abilities. I’ve had to do more, faster and better than I’ve ever been asked to do before. The journey has not only been more challenging but also more rewarding than any other academic experience I’ve had thus far.”

- Toby Peele, History Student 45

Required Materials Include: • online application with a nonrefundable $50 application fee; • an official transcript from all colleges attended (including High Point ); • resume; • essay about interest in the program and goals for the degree; • three professional letters of reference each attached to a completed Graduate School reference report form; and • Graduate Record Examination (GRE) taken within the previous five years. The High Point University GRE Code is 5293.

Prerequisite: None

Comprehensive Examinations: None Class Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Program of Study (33 semester hours) History courses toward both a major (12 semester hours) and a minor (6 semester hours) must be completed in the areas below.

Required (3 hours) Writing Seminars (6 hours) HST 5080 Historiography HST 5510 US Religious History HST 5520 Southern US History Reading Seminars (12 hours) HST 5530 Early US History HST 5250 Readings in Latin American History HST 5540 Nineteenth Century US History HST 5260 Early American History HST 5550 Twentieth Century US History HST 5270 US Cultural and Intellectual History HST 5600 Early Modern Europe HST 5280 Revolutionary America HST 5610 Revolutionary Europe HST 5300 North Carolina History HST 5620 Modern Europe HST 5310 US Women’s History HST 5650 Military History HST 5320 Religion in American History HST 5660 Great Military Leaders HST 5330 US Legal History HST 5680 Modern Asian HST 5340 Nineteenth Century US HST 5700 Colonial African HST 5360 Twentieth Century US History HST 5720 Modern Middle East History HST 5410 US Diplomatic HST 5420 Early Modern Europe Electives (6 hours) HST 5440 Modern Europe Additional History courses HST 5460 Modern Britain HST 5900 Independent Research HST 5470 Military History HST 5480 Modern East Asia (6 hours) HST 5490 Modern Middle East HST 5980 Thesis HST 5500 Colonial Africa HST 5990 Thesis

History Course Descriptions

HST 5080 Historiography (3) HST 5250 Readings in Latin American History (3) Historiography is a history of historical writing from earliest This course explores the cultural, social, political, and legal time to the present with a focus on the last three hundred dimensions of the region. Familiarity with important texts, years. The focus of the class will be on how modern including primary and secondary sources will be emphasized. understanding of historical interpretation and the creation Focus will be on the richness and variety of Latin American thereof is a product of the parameters created by the various history. Special attention will be given to discussion of the seminal interpretations established previously. Prerequisite: classics and recent literature. Pre-Columbian, colonial and HST 2901 or its equivalent. national eras will be covered. History Course Descriptions 46

HST 5260 Early American History (3) HST 5360 Twentieth Century US History (3) Studies of the interactions of Europeans, Indians, and Africans The US emerges to become the dominant world military in the Atlantic world and the development of colonies that power and economic engine in the twentieth century. The would produce the United States. Study recent arguments texts selected will address how these changes came to and key topics in the field with exploration of various methods be and how these changes transformed the United States historians use to discover new worlds and developments politically, socially, and militarily. resulting from the meeting of peoples. HST 5410 US Diplomatic History (3) HST 5270 US Cultural and Intellectual History (3) The history of US diplomats and diplomatic activities will be The thinkers, inventors, and dreamers who shaped the the measurement used to select the readings for this class. idiosyncratic character of America will be the subjects of The particular challenges presented by the twentieth century the readings in this class. Focus will be given to recent will receive predominant attention. interpretations and how they challenge the shibboleths of the canon in the discourse. HST 5420 Early Modern Europe (3) The course will examine the development and evolution of HST 5280 Revolutionary America (3) the dynastic state and society from the 17th through 18th Readings exploring the social changes of the eighteenth centuries. Themes will include absolutism, the military century, imperial crisis, war, and the creation of the American revolution, the scientific revolution, the enlightenment, and republic. explore economic, social and cultural challenges.

HST 5300 North Carolina History (3) HST 5440 Modern Europe (3) Selected readings in topics in North Carolina’s history. The course will examine the development and evolution of Attention will be given to the entire scope of the state’s European politics, , society and culture from the history, with emphasis on readings addressing economic 19th century through the end of the Second World War. and social development from the early colonial period to the present. HST 5460 Modern Britain (3) Readings on topics from the middle of the nineteenth century HST 5310 US Women’s History (3) though the 1960s will be selected to reveal a portion of the Varying topics in the history of American women, including characteristics of Britain as a world power and its adjustment changing roles in family and public life, diversity of experience back from that position. In particular, the political and across lines of race, ethnicity and class, the emergence economic transformations will be selected for closest study. of feminism, and post-feminist experience in the late 20th century. HST 5470 Military History (3) The course will explore the evolution and development of HST 5320 Religion in American History (3) modern military thought from theory to practice. Themes will Selected topics in the history of religious beliefs, practices, include the military revolution, neo-classical warfare, French movements, and practitioners, and their influence in American Revolutionary and Napoleonic warfare, war in the industrial culture. Selected books and articles read will explore ages, and the age of total war. prominent discoveries, methodologies, and arguments that have shaped contemporary interpretations and accumulated HST 5480 Modern East Asia (3) historiography. This course examines the transformation of East Asian societies in the 19th and 20th centuries. Based on the HST 5330 US Legal History (3) readings of both translated primary and secondary sources, Reference will be made to constitutional history but the this course aims to deepen the students’ understanding of the chief focus of this class will be the challenging aspects of complex process of modernization of China and Japan. It will the legal traditions of the United States. Included within help the students to appreciate East Asian cultures in the age this will be the role law has played in the social and political of globalization. The students will conduct research under the transformation of the United States. direction of the instructor and participate in discussion on a regular basis. HST 5340 Nineteenth Century US History (3) Selected topics in the thorough transformation of US society HST 5490 Modern Middle East (3) during the nineteenth century will be chosen to reveal pathos Directed intensive readings, writing, and discussions on and dignity in the events underpinning these changes. selected topics and areas in Middle East history with Political, military, cultural, and economic issues will all emphasis on the period after 1798. command attention. 47

HST 5500 Colonial Africa (3) HST 5680 Modern Asian History (3) Directed intensive readings, writing, and discussions on This course covers the history of modern Asia. Students will selected topics and areas in African history with emphasis on conduct research and summarize their research in a thirty-five Eastern and Southern Africa. page paper. The instructor may change the focus of this course each time its is offered. The areas of study include: HST 5510 US Religious History (3) Meiji Japan, Nineteenth-Century China and the People’s Research and writing of salient topics in US religious history. Republic of China, etc.

HST 5520 Southern US History (3) HST 5700 Colonial African History (3) Research and writing on selected topics in the economic, Directed advance writing based on primary sources from social and political history of the southeastern United States. selected topics in African history with an emphasis on Eastern and Southern Africa. HST 5530 Early US History (3) Studies of topics in the history of early American and the HST 5720 Modern Middle East History (3) revolutionary era. Directed advance writing based on primary sources from selected topics in Middle East history with an emphasis on HST 5540 Nineteenth Century US History (3) the period after 1798. The topic for the seminar will change over time selected from the social, cultural, political, military, and economic HST 5900 Independent Research (3) transformations of nineteenth century America. This course is for degree-seeking students who desire to conduct preliminary research before enrolling in HST 5980. HST 5550 Twentieth Century US History (3) Research and writing on selected topics in the history of the HST 5980 Thesis (3) United States from 1900 to the end of the 20th century. Through collaboration with designated , a student develops an organized research study relative to a topic HST 5600 Early Modern Europe (3) in history. A student must demonstrate foreign language The course will explore in detail the nature and evolution of competency sufficient to conduct research for the intended the dynastic state and European society, economy, culture topic of the thesis to the Program Director. This is the and military through a semester-long research and writing first required enrollment for credit. Prerequisites: Program project. Director’s approval prior to enrollment; and completion of at least 18 semester hours of graduate history courses, which HST 5610 Revolutionary Europe (3) must include HST 5080 and two writing seminars. The course will explore in detail the origin, course and impact of European revolutions on politics, society, economics, HST 5980a Thesis Continuation (0) cultural and military through a semester-long research and Required fee registration when additional time is needed to writing project. satisfy the requirements for HST 5980.

HST 5620 Modern Europe (3) HST 5990 Thesis (3) The course will examine European revolutions on politics, Through collaboration with designated faculty, a student society, economics, culture and military from the 19th continues to develop an organized research study relative to a century through the end of the Second World War through a topic in history. Upon completion of the study, the student will semester-long research and writing project. defend the research in an oral presentation. This is the second required enrollment for credit. Prerequisite: HST 5980. HST 5650 Military History (3) The course will explore the evolution and development of HST 5990a Thesis Continuation (0) military thought from the 16th century to the present through Required fee registration when additional time is needed to a semester-long research and writing project. satisfy the requirements for HST 5990. Prerequisites: HST 5980 and HST 5990. HST 5660 Great Military Leaders (3) The course will examine the strategic thought and military campaigns of great military leaders in the West from the 17th through the 20th centuries.